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William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. This six-volume diary traces Estes’ time in Europe as an Army surgeon during WWI. The sixth and final volume begins on March 4, 1919 and ends on May 5, 1919.

Title: William L. Estes, Jr. Diaries of Army Service in France
Authors: Estes, William L. (William Lawrence), 1885-1971
Call number: SC MS 0014 1.06
(Bethlehem, Special Collections, Lehigh University Libraries)
Publisher: Special Collections, Lehigh University Libraries
Language: English.
Date: 1919
Place: France
Subjects names: Estes, William L. (William Lawrence), 1885-1971
Subjects topical: World War, 1914-1918
Subjects geographic: France
Genres: Diaries

Table of Contents
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• fol. 1r — 4 March 1919
• fol. 4v — 5 March 1919
• fol. 6r — 6 March 1919
• fol. 8v — 7 March 1919
• fol. 9v — 8 March 1919
• fol. 10r — 9 March 1919
• fol. 11r — 10 March 1919
• fol. 11v — 11 March 1919
• fol. 12v — 12 March 1919
• fol. 13v — 14 March 1919
• fol. 16r — 15 March 1919
• fol. 17r — 16 March 1919
• fol. 17v — 17 March 1919
• fol. 18r — 18 March 1919
• fol. 25r — 19 March 1919
• fol. 25v — 20 March 1919
• fol. 26v — 21-22 March 1919
• fol. 27r — 23 March 1919
• fol. 27v — 24 March 1919
• fol. 29r — 25 March 1919
• fol. 29v — 26 March 1919
• fol. 30v — 27 March 1919
• fol. 35v — 28 March 1919
• fol. 36v — 29 March 1919
• fol. 37r — 30 March 1919
• fol. 40v — 31 March 1919
• fol. 41v — 1 April 1919
• fol. 42r — 2 April 1919
• fol. 42v — 3 April 1919
• fol. 43r — 4 April 1919
• fol. 43v — 5 April 1919
• fol. 45v — 6 April 1919
• fol. 46r — 7 April 1919
• fol. 47v — 8 April 1919
• fol. 48v — 9 April 1919
• fol. 49r — 10-11 April 1919
• fol. 49v — 13 April 1919
• fol. 52v — 13 April 1919
• fol. 53v — 14 April 1919
• fol. 54r — 15 April 1919
• fol. 55v — 16-17 April 1919
• fol. 58r — 18 April 1919
• fol. 64r — 19 April 1919
• fol. 65r — 20 April 1919
• fol. 66v — 21 April 1919
• fol. 72r — 22 April 1919
• fol. 76v — 23 April 1919
• fol. 79r — 24 April 1919
• fol. Insert 7 5r — 25 April 1919
• fol. Insert 7 7v-8r — 26 April 1919
• fol. Insert 7 9v-10r — 27 April 1919
• fol. Insert 7 14v — 28 April 1919
• fol. Insert 8 2r — 29-30 April 1919
• fol. Insert 8 2v — 1 May 1919
• fol. Insert 8 3r — 2-3 May 1919
• fol. Insert 8 3v — 4 May 1919
• fol. Insert 9 1v — 5 May 1919
• fol. Insert 9 2v — Final report of surgical team no. 104